Joe DiMaggio hits 3 home runs...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, June 9, 1941



* Joe DiMaggio hits 3 home runs HRs

* New York Yankees - MLB baseball

* From his hometown & where he played minor league



The top of page 5 of the sport's section has a three column headline: "DI MAG HITS 3 HOMERS AS YANKS TAKE TWO" with subhead, photo and box scores. (see) Nice to have in this San Francisco publication, rare as such.... See More  

Jesse Owens beats horse in 1936...

SECTION 2 (sports) only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, December 27, 1936



* Jesse Owens vs. Julio McCaw

* Track speedster beats Cuban horse

* Olympic star sprinter



The front page of this section has a one column heading: "Jesse Owens Wins Again--This Time He Outruns Horse" (see image) Page 3 has a pictorial of the 1936 sport's stars for the year including Owens and the New Yo... See More  

DiMaggio hitting streak hits #49...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 11, 1941



* Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak reaches 49

* New York Yankees - MLB baseball

* Best title to be had ?



The sport's section (page 20) has headings: "Yanks Triumph" "DiMaggio Runs Streak to 49 Games As Yanks Halt Browns at Night, 1-0" and more with box scores.

(see) First report coverage on Joe DiMaggio's famous hitting streak... See More  

1926 Death of noted baseball star Eddie Plank...

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Mass., Feb. 25, 1926 



* Eddie Plank "Gettysburg Eddie" death

* Hall of Fame pitcher - Philadelphia Athletics



The sport's section (page 15) has a two column heading: "Eddie Plank Is Dead After Brief Illness" with subheads. (see)

Complete with 20 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.... See More  

Mark Spitz wins 6th gold medal...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 4, 1972 



* Mark Spitz wins 6th gold medal in swimming

* Munich, Germany Summer Olympics



The top of the front page has a three column heading: "Spitz Captures Record 6th Gold Medal" with photo. (see) More on Spitz on the sports page inside.

Complete with all 32 pages, light toning along the central fold, generally nice.... See More  

Yankees vs. Dallas Steers in 1929...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 6, 1929



* New York Yankees vs. Dallas Steers

* State of Texas exhibition baseball tour

* Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig home runs



The sport's section (page 11) has a six column headline: "Yanks Beat Dallas, 12-11, on Ruth's First Homer of Season" with subheads and box scores. First report coverage on the New York Yankees ending their exhibition tour ... See More  

3000 hits for the "Big Poison"...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., June 20, 1942 



* Paul Waner (Big Poison)- right fielder

* Boston Braves - 3,000th hit with photo



The sport's section (page 13) has a three column heading: "Waner Cracks Hit No. 3000 but Braves Lose" with subhead and box scores. (see images)

Complete with all 18 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally nice.



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Joe DiMaggio retires as a MLB player...

THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 12, 1951



* Joe DiMaggio retirement

* New York Yankees Clipper

* MLB Major League Baseball



The front page of the sport's section has a four column photo with heading: "A Star Passes but the Reflected Light Often Shines for Generations" Also a six column heading: "Joe Eyes TV Job...Feels Arcs Ruined Him...Mantle His Sub" with another related pho... See More  

Mike Tyson KO's Larry Holmes...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 23, 1988



* Mike Tyson knockouts Larry Holmes

* Heavyweight boxing championship bout

* Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey



The front page of the sport's section has a heading: "For Holmes, Last Fight Is Painfully Short" with large photo (See) First report coverage continues inside with 2 more related photos.

Complete 1st and sport's sections o... See More  

'Bold Venture' the Kentucky Derby winner...

THE NEWS & OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 3, 1936 



* Bold Venture wins Kentucky Derby 

* Thoroughbred race horse racing



The sports page has a banner headline: "Bold Venture Defeats Favored Brevity by Head to Win Derby" with a photo of the Kentucky Derby winning horse and jockey. A related report as well.

The complete issue, nice condition.... See More  

1971 Notre Dame football vs. Miami...

THE SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, Indiana, Oct. 10, 1971



* Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

* vs. Miami Hurricanes - college game

* Best publication to be had (rare)



The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "N.D. WEARS DOWN MIAMI, 17-0" with subhead and color photo. More in the sport's section.

Complete with all sections (60+ pages), light toning along the central fold... See More  

re. Knute Rockne's death...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 7, 1931



* re. Knute Rockne death

* Notre Dame Fighting Irish

* Head football coach



The sport's section (page 33) has one column headlines that include: "ROCKNE'S MEMORIAL PLANS HAVE BEGUN" "Notre Dame Officials Act to Complete the Project With Nation-Wide Donations" "ASSEMBLY HONORS ROCKNE'S MEMORY" "Extols Football C... See More  

Rafael Nadal's first Grand Slam tennis victory...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 6, 2005



* Spanish professional tennis player Rafael Nadal

* First Major Grand Slam title - French Open Men's singles



The front page of the sport's section has a three column heading: "Nadal Locks On to Title" with subhead and small photo. More on page 4.

Complete first section and sport's sections only, with a total of 28 pages, great condition... See More  

Notre Dame's win streak ends at 26....

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, November 22, 1931



* Notre Dame Fighting Irish

* USC Trojans football game



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "FIELD GOALS TOPPLE HARVARD, NOTRE DAME FROM UNBEATEN LIST" with subheads. (see) The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a nice banner headline: "SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONQUERS NOTRE DAME BY 16-14 S... See More  

1918 John Lawrence Sullivan death...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 2, 1918



* John Lawrence Sullivan death (same day)

* 1st Heavyweight boxing gloved champion



Page 6 has a one column heading: "SULLIVAN, EX-WORLD CHAMP DIES" (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper. Rare as such.

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Baseball... Jewish...

LIBERTY magazine, New York, March 13, 1926. This is the complete issue of this popular title with a nice color cover showing a nurse at a dentist office in the waiting room with two young boys that are both willing to pass up their turn in the chair (see photo). The back page has a nice color ad for Kohler. Also contains stories "The Intermarriage of Jews and Gentiles" by Franklin Fargo an... See More  

Michael Jordan's 1st 30+ point game in a Chicago newspaper...

USA TODAY, Oct. 30, 1984



* Michael Jordan's 1st 30+ point game

* Chicago Bulls professional basketball

* Best publication to be had - rare as such



The top of page 7 of the sport's section has a one column heading: "Jordan lifts Bulls 116-110" with box scores. (see images) This was Jordan's 1st 30+ point game as he scored 16 & 21 points in the first two games. I ex... See More  

1927 Bobby Jones... British Open champion....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 30, 1927



* Golfer Bobby Jones

* British Open champion

* RMS Aquitania (welcome home)



The sport's section (page 7) has a banner headline: "Crowds Greet Jones on Ship and Ashore as British Golf Winner Returns Home'" with subheads and related photo. (see) Coverage on Bobby Jones coming home after winning the 1927 British Open golf championship.

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Billy Burke wins 1931 U.S. Open (golf)...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 1931



* Billy Burke wins 1931 U.S. Open of golf

* Inverness Club - Toledo, Ohio

* 72-hole playoff vs. George Von Elm



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BURKE WINS U.S. OPEN, DEFEATING VON ELM BY STROKE AT TOLEDO" with subheads. (see images) Much more in the sport's section.

Complete with 48 pages, rag edition, some small binding s... See More  

Lou Gehrig's high school baseball team...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 12, 1920



* High school all-star game - Wrigley Field

* Commerce High School, Brooklyn, New York

* 17-year old Lou Gehrig as a upcoming star



The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "CHICAGO-N.Y. PREP DIAMOND SERIES IS ON" (see images) This game would take place a few weeks later at Wrigley Field. Gehrig would homer in this game, his 1st ever in a m... See More  

Governor Woodrow Wilson.... Baseball... Coney Island...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 19, 1911  The front page is a photo of: "Admiral Togo in America."

A full page is taken up with: "Some Chips from the Diamond" by Kemble, being a collection of ten somewhat comic prints of baseball players. The players include Honus Wagner, Christy "Matty" Mathewson, Ty Cobb and Johnny Evers, among others.

Twenty-four pages, ... See More  

The Olympics in London....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 1, 1908 The front page of this issue has an illustration by W. A. Rogers called "'Get Out of the Way? I Guess Not!' " There are photos of "America First at Olympia" and American Laurels at Olympia." There is then a photo of "The Republican Battle Front" which is a photo of George R. Sheldon, William H. Taft, Frank R. ... See More  

Cartoon prints on the game of baseball...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 28, 1900  The front cover is a two color political cartoon by W.A. Rogers captioned: "Is This Imperialism?"

An inside page has a great group of ten cartoonish baseball prints titled: "Some Fine Points Of The National Game".

Complete in 24 pages, very nice condition.

Aviator Glenn Curtis w/ Airplane Photo In 1909...

 HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 4, 1909  Full front page photo: "An American Victor At Rheims", shows Glenn H. Curtiss, the "American aeroplanist", in a suit standing next to a plane. 

General Sherman dines in Savannah...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 28, 1865  The front page prints include: "The Ocean Monitor 'Dictator' ", "Hon. William Dennison, Postmaster General" and "General H. W. Slocum". Inside has a full page print: " 'Tween Decks After Action--News From Home".

Other prints include: "New Year's Day in Savannah--General Sherman's... See More